Security Manager Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Security Manager
Devon > Exeter

The median Security Manager daily rate in Exeter is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 4.46% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
Devon median daily rate £800 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Exeter with a recognized job title 217 76 105
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 91.57% 98.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 27 79
10th Percentile £279 £189 £143
25th Percentile £406 £305 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £656 £498 £650
90th Percentile £750 £546 £679
Devon median daily rate £528 £413 £460
% change year-on-year +27.88% -10.33% -1.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.76 £13.86
Median hourly rate £15.00 £22.84 £20.03
Median % change year-on-year -34.33% +14.01% +11.29%
75th Percentile - £22.92 £27.75
90th Percentile - - £29.25
Devon median hourly rate £18.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year -26.44% -61.31% +44.44%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Security Manager job vacancy trend in Exeter

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Exeter

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 29 August 2026, Security Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Exeter region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 6 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (30.00%) AWS
5 3 (30.00%) Azure
5 3 (30.00%) CISM
5 3 (30.00%) CISSP
5 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) GDPR
5 3 (30.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (30.00%) Information Security
5 3 (30.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (30.00%) NCSC
5 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (30.00%) Service Management
5 3 (30.00%) Use Case
6 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
6 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (20.00%) Open Source
6 2 (20.00%) OSINT
6 2 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (20.00%) SIEM

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) AWS
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (40.00%) CSOC
3 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 6 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (30.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (30.00%) Service Management
4 3 (30.00%) Use Case
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Open Source
5 2 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (20.00%) SIEM
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) CISM
3 3 (30.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
1 3 (30.00%) NCSC